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pauIie 01/23/18 6:30:34 PM #203:	No, but I'm not going to fuss over the label --- http://i.imgur.com/O5APL.jpg http://www.last.fm/user/jaeganja <cite>pauIie posted [p:894660521] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>No, but I'm not going to fuss over the label</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 6:35:54 PM #204:	Darmik posted... No I didn't. I already explained how the definition you gave me includes playing video games and I'm not going to explain it again. You cannot deny a fact as basic as this. Darmik posted... It's a physical activity going by your logic though right? I'm pretty pro at it. So I guess that makes me an athlete. An athlete doesn't have to be competitive. I can't find any non-competitive athletes, so no. --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894660866] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>No I didn't. </quote> I already explained how the definition you gave me includes playing video games and I'm not going to explain it again. You cannot deny a fact as basic as this. <cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>It's a physical activity going by your logic though right? I'm pretty pro at it. So I guess that makes me an athlete. An athlete doesn't have to be competitive. </quote> I can't find any non-competitive athletes, so no.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 6:38:51 PM #205:	Garioshi posted... I already explained how the definition you gave me includes playing video games and I'm not going to explain it again. It doesn't because your definition of energy doesn't fit. That page is not recommending you play 60-90 minutes of video games a day. Garioshi posted... I can't find any non-competitive athletes, so no. So if I made it into a competition I'm an athlete? The actual thing is irrelevant as long as it requires me to move even slightly? --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894661040] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>I already explained how the definition you gave me includes playing video games and I'm not going to explain it again. </quote> It doesn't because your definition of energy doesn't fit. That page is not recommending you play 60-90 minutes of video games a day. <cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>I can't find any non-competitive athletes, so no.</quote> So if I made it into a competition I'm an athlete? The actual thing is irrelevant as long as it requires me to move even slightly?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 6:43:16 PM #206:	Darmik posted... It doesn't because your definition of energy doesn't fit. That page is not recommending you play 60-90 minutes of video games a day. My definition of energy is THE definition of energy. Darmik posted... So if I made it into a competition I'm an athlete? The actual thing is irrelevant as long as it requires me to move even slightly? Have you competed in a getting out of bed contest? --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894661299] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>It doesn't because your definition of energy doesn't fit. That page is not recommending you play 60-90 minutes of video games a day. </quote> My definition of energy is THE definition of energy. <cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>So if I made it into a competition I'm an athlete? The actual thing is irrelevant as long as it requires me to move even slightly? </quote> Have you competed in a getting out of bed contest?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pfh1001 01/23/18 6:45:09 PM #207:	Of course not. <cite>pfh1001 posted [p:894661408] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Of course not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 6:45:49 PM #208:	Garioshi posted... My definition of energy is THE definition of energy. Physical activity is any form of exercise or movement of the body that uses energy. energy is "used" when a force is exerted to move a mass a distance They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. Garioshi posted... Have you competed in a getting out of bed contest? No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity? --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894661444] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>My definition of energy is THE definition of energy.</quote> <quote>Physical activity is any form of exercise or movement of the body that uses energy.</quote> <quote>energy is "used" when a force is exerted to move a mass a distance</quote> They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. <cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Have you competed in a getting out of bed contest?</quote> No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 6:47:53 PM #209:	Darmik posted... They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. Darmik posted... No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity? Even then, no. I wouldn't consider someone who played one game of football once in their life to be an athlete. --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894661578] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. </quote> That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. <cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity? </quote> Even then, no. I wouldn't consider someone who played one game of football once in their life to be an athlete.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Patchwork 01/23/18 6:48:32 PM #210:	They're not professional athletes. Get all the fucking way outta here if you think they are. Look at the physical work actual athletes put in to just maintaining their fitness level in order to compete, and then look at these dickbags sitting in front of a monitor for hours on end. No. Just no. --- The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n. <cite>Patchwork posted [p:894661617] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>They're not professional athletes. Get all the fucking way outta here if you think they are. Look at the physical work actual athletes put in to just maintaining their fitness level in order to compete, and then look at these dickbags sitting in front of a monitor for hours on end. No. Just no.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 6:49:29 PM #211:	Garioshi posted... That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. So literally doing anything outside of dying is a physical activity. So I guess we're all athletes. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894661671] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible.</quote> So literally doing anything outside of dying is a physical activity. So I guess we're all athletes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paragon21XX 01/23/18 6:50:57 PM #212:	Garioshi posted... Darmik posted... They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. Darmik posted... No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity? Even then, no. I wouldn't consider someone who played one game of football once in their life to be an athlete. Sitting or lying down not even moving a muscle releases energy from the body. A comatose or brain-dead patient also releases energy from the body. Are they physically active? --- Hmm... <cite>Paragon21XX posted [p:894661751] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>They're referring to energy used from the body. Not pressing a button. </quote> That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. <cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>No. But if I did and won am I an athlete because you consider getting out of bed to be a physical activity? </quote> Even then, no. I wouldn't consider someone who played one game of football once in their life to be an athlete.</quote> Sitting or lying down not even moving a muscle releases energy from the body. A comatose or brain-dead patient also releases energy from the body. Are they physically active?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 6:52:27 PM #213:	Darmik posted... Garioshi posted... That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible. So literally doing anything outside of dying is a physical activity. So I guess we're all athletes. Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity. And no, for the umpteenth time, that doesn't make you an athlete. Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete. --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894661841] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>That is energy used from the body. If you used no energy to press a button, you would have a source of infinite energy which is physically impossible.</quote> So literally doing anything outside of dying is a physical activity. So I guess we're all athletes.</quote> Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity. And no, for the umpteenth time, that doesn't make you an athlete. Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragonblade01 01/23/18 6:53:50 PM #214:	Of course. Chess players are considered professional athletes as well. If physical exertion is the concern, t's still important for players to maintain a certain level of physical fitness as well. That is healthy for the mind which is what they use when they play the game. I don't see much reason not to call them athletes beyond arbitrary hangups. <cite>Dragonblade01 posted [p:894661925] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Of course. Chess players are considered professional athletes as well. If physical exertion is the concern, t's still important for players to maintain a certain level of physical fitness as well. That is healthy for the mind which is what they use when they play the game. I don't see much reason not to call them athletes beyond arbitrary hangups.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Patchwork 01/23/18 6:57:48 PM #215:	No, it doesn't. A professional athlete is a person who competes in an athletic event, wherein the physical ability of that person and the physical abilities of his team are the chief deciding factors in who wins and who loses. Just because you "use energy" to move thumb sticks doesn't make it an athletic event. Nor does your physicality at all play into deciding the victor. They're not athletes. --- The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n. <cite>Patchwork posted [p:894662172] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>No, it doesn't. A professional athlete is a person who competes in an athletic event, wherein the physical ability of that person and the physical abilities of his team are the chief deciding factors in who wins and who loses. Just because you "use energy" to move thumb sticks doesn't make it an athletic event. Nor does your physicality at all play into deciding the victor. They're not athletes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 6:59:22 PM #216:	Garioshi posted... Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity. No it isn't. Garioshi posted... Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete. Playing a video game isn't a physical activity. https://www.healthhub.sg/live-healthy/826/types-of-physical-activities --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894662260] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity.</quote> No it isn't. <cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete.</quote> Playing a video game isn't a physical activity. https://www.healthhub.sg/live-healthy/826/types-of-physical-activities</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendarylemur 01/23/18 7:00:16 PM #217:	Tbh official definition isn't really that valuable. It's just semantics. They spend literally their whole lives training for a certain competition with audience, and people who are more proficient at that competition win. There are broadcasts and stories practically identical to athletes anyways so... But from what I hear, e-sports athletes are significantly less of a diva than athletes of other sports lol --- "Iwata was awesome" - Mr. Nintendo Click here to unlock the meaning of life! <cite>legendarylemur posted [p:894662306] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Tbh official definition isn't really that valuable. It's just semantics. They spend literally their whole lives training for a certain competition with audience, and people who are more proficient at that competition win. There are broadcasts and stories practically identical to athletes anyways so... But from what I hear, e-sports athletes are significantly less of a diva than athletes of other sports lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 7:04:06 PM #218:	Patchwork posted... No, it doesn't. A professional athlete is a person who competes in an athletic event, wherein the physical ability of that person and the physical abilities of his team are the chief deciding factors in who wins and who loses. Just because you "use energy" to move thumb sticks doesn't make it an athletic event. Nor does your physicality at all play into deciding the victor. They're not athletes. Your physical ability is the only thing that determines whether you lose or not in competitive gaming. Here's footage of a top Melee player's hands while playing a character that isn't too technically intensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DpVE-E2LM There are plenty of people who are physically incapable of this. Darmik posted... Garioshi posted... Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity. No it isn't. Garioshi posted... Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete. Playing a video game isn't a physical activity. https://www.healthhub.sg/live-healthy/826/types-of-physical-activities If you're not going to acknowledge the logical conclusions of your claims, then I have no reason to debate you. --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894662524] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Patchwork posted...</cite> <quote>No, it doesn't. A professional athlete is a person who competes in an athletic event, wherein the physical ability of that person and the physical abilities of his team are the chief deciding factors in who wins and who loses. Just because you "use energy" to move thumb sticks doesn't make it an athletic event. Nor does your physicality at all play into deciding the victor. They're not athletes.</quote> Your physical ability is the only thing that determines whether you lose or not in competitive gaming. Here's footage of a top Melee player's hands while playing a character that isn't too technically intensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DpVE-E2LM There are plenty of people who are physically incapable of this. <cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Any sort of movement is, by your very own definition, physical activity.</quote> No it isn't. <cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Sustained competition using said physical activity make you an athlete.</quote> Playing a video game isn't a physical activity. https://www.healthhub.sg/live-healthy/826/types-of-physical-activities</quote> If you're not going to acknowledge the logical conclusions of your claims, then I have no reason to debate you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
P4wn4g3 01/23/18 7:07:05 PM #219:	I mean, poker players and Nascar drivers are considered athletes. Really no though, to all the above. --- Hive Mind of Dark Aether, the unofficial Metroid Social Private board. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether <cite>P4wn4g3 posted [p:894662678] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>I mean, poker players and Nascar drivers are considered athletes. Really no though, to all the above.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 7:07:53 PM #220:	Garioshi posted... If you're not going to acknowledge the logical conclusions of your claims, then I have no reason to debate you Because your argument makes no sense. You're saying that anything that requires energy is a physical activity because of how you interpreted that article. Which is literally everything on this planet going by your interpretation. So any competitors for anything are athletes. Which I don't think anyone would agree with. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894662727] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>If you're not going to acknowledge the logical conclusions of your claims, then I have no reason to debate you</quote> Because your argument makes no sense. You're saying that anything that requires energy is a physical activity because of how you interpreted that article. Which is literally everything on this planet going by your interpretation. So any competitors for anything are athletes. Which I don't think anyone would agree with.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a42ozslushie 01/23/18 7:19:31 PM #221:	No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete". --- \_o__/ <cite>a42ozslushie posted [p:894663441] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a42ozslushie 01/23/18 7:20:28 PM #222:	P4wn4g3 posted... I mean, poker players and Nascar drivers are considered athletes. Really no though, to all the above. Nascar drivers, maybe. I have literally never heard someone call a poker player an athlete, though. --- \_o__/ <cite>a42ozslushie posted [p:894663493] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>P4wn4g3 posted...</cite> <quote>I mean, poker players and Nascar drivers are considered athletes. Really no though, to all the above.</quote> Nascar drivers, maybe. I have literally never heard someone call a poker player an athlete, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Broken_Zeus 01/23/18 7:34:02 PM #223:	No. Neither are master chess players. --- Gamefaqs cannot handle my #BrokenBrilliance <cite>Broken_Zeus posted [p:894664364] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>No. Neither are master chess players.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendarylemur 01/23/18 7:36:18 PM #224:	a42ozslushie posted... No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete". Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends --- "Iwata was awesome" - Mr. Nintendo Click here to unlock the meaning of life! <cite>legendarylemur posted [p:894664529] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>a42ozslushie posted...</cite> <quote>No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete".</quote> Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrPeppers 01/23/18 7:37:20 PM #225:	I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah. --- http://i.imgur.com/SGkkbF0.png <cite>MrPeppers posted [p:894664599] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
P4wn4g3 01/23/18 7:39:13 PM #226:	legendarylemur posted... a42ozslushie posted... No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete". Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends Your mother --- Hive Mind of Dark Aether, the unofficial Metroid Social Private board. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether <cite>P4wn4g3 posted [p:894664718] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote><cite>a42ozslushie posted...</cite> <quote>No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete".</quote> Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends</quote> Your mother</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendarylemur 01/23/18 7:39:38 PM #227:	How quaint --- "Iwata was awesome" - Mr. Nintendo Click here to unlock the meaning of life! <cite>legendarylemur posted [p:894664747] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>How quaint</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
stone 01/23/18 7:40:47 PM #228:	Tupacrulez posted... Lolfuckno --- PONG WAS REAL? I thought that was just a story parents told kids to scare them <cite>stone posted [p:894664828] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tupacrulez posted...</cite> <quote>Lolfuckno</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
P4wn4g3 01/23/18 7:42:14 PM #229:	legendarylemur posted... How quaint Just admit how burned you are. --- Hive Mind of Dark Aether, the unofficial Metroid Social Private board. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether <cite>P4wn4g3 posted [p:894664920] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote>How quaint</quote> Just admit how burned you are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a42ozslushie 01/23/18 7:42:46 PM #230:	legendarylemur posted... a42ozslushie posted... No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete". Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends i dont watch anymore, but i can remember a few from when i did. scarra, qtpie, dyrus, cruzer, vileroze, aphromoo. anyway, thats not the point i was making. the point i was trying to make is that you can't say that pro gamers athletes, but people who play recreationally arent. if you are saying that the League of Legends pro is an athlete, then you need to say the 300 pound mountain dew addict living in his moms basement is playing a sport and being athletic when he plays League all day in Bronze V. --- \_o__/ <cite>a42ozslushie posted [p:894664965] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote><cite>a42ozslushie posted...</cite> <quote>No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete".</quote> Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends</quote> i dont watch anymore, but i can remember a few from when i did. scarra, qtpie, dyrus, cruzer, vileroze, aphromoo. anyway, thats not the point i was making. the point i was trying to make is that you can't say that pro gamers athletes, but people who play recreationally arent. if you are saying that the League of Legends pro is an athlete, then you need to say the 300 pound mountain dew addict living in his moms basement is playing a sport and being athletic when he plays League all day in Bronze V.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DesuDeku 01/23/18 7:43:19 PM #231:	Of course fucking not. --- Error's bootycall <cite>DesuDeku posted [p:894664998] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Of course fucking not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/23/18 7:44:02 PM #232:	Darmik posted... Garioshi posted... You gave me a definition of physical activity that includes playing video games, No I didn't. Garioshi posted... Getting out of bed is not a sport. It's a physical activity going by your logic though right? I'm pretty pro at it. So I guess that makes me an athlete. An athlete doesn't have to be competitive. Oh so youre thinking the bare minimum of physical activity constitutes being an athlete? Stop being intentionally clueless and semantic. You arent a fucking baseball player. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894665040] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>You gave me a definition of physical activity that includes playing video games,</quote> No I didn't. <cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>Getting out of bed is not a sport.</quote> It's a physical activity going by your logic though right? I'm pretty pro at it. So I guess that makes me an athlete. An athlete doesn't have to be competitive.</quote> Oh so youre thinking the bare minimum of physical activity constitutes being an athlete? Stop being intentionally clueless and semantic. You arent a fucking baseball player.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dyinglegacy 01/23/18 7:44:09 PM #233:	Are pro gamers "athletes" in your eyes? They might be. There's nothing to stop someone who plays video games from being an athlete as well. The question SHOULD be, is gaming athletic? --- PSN: KillingLegacy Gamertag: Killing Legacy <cite>Dyinglegacy posted [p:894665052] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Are pro gamers "athletes" in your eyes? They might be. There's nothing to stop someone who plays video games from being an athlete as well. The question SHOULD be, is gaming athletic?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/23/18 7:44:40 PM #234:	MrPeppers posted... I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah. Even they do literally more than your professional gamer. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894665078] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote>I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah.</quote> Even they do literally more than your professional gamer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendarylemur 01/23/18 7:45:23 PM #235:	P4wn4g3 posted... legendarylemur posted... How quaint Just admit how burned you are. Your mother --- "Iwata was awesome" - Mr. Nintendo Click here to unlock the meaning of life! <cite>legendarylemur posted [p:894665122] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>P4wn4g3 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote>How quaint</quote> Just admit how burned you are.</quote> Your mother</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
P4wn4g3 01/23/18 7:46:42 PM #236:	legendarylemur posted... P4wn4g3 posted... legendarylemur posted... How quaint Just admit how burned you are. Your mother Harsh --- Hive Mind of Dark Aether, the unofficial Metroid Social Private board. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether <cite>P4wn4g3 posted [p:894665214] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote><cite>P4wn4g3 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote>How quaint</quote> Just admit how burned you are.</quote> Your mother</quote> Harsh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StickFigures720 01/23/18 7:48:42 PM #237:	no --- "Now I'm not sure if you're living to the fullest or that you've given up on life." <cite>StickFigures720 posted [p:894665346] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>no</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendarylemur 01/23/18 7:48:43 PM #238:	a42ozslushie posted... legendarylemur posted... a42ozslushie posted... No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete". Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends i dont watch anymore, but i can remember a few from when i did. scarra, qtpie, dyrus, cruzer, vileroze, aphromoo. anyway, thats not the point i was making. the point i was trying to make is that you can't say that pro gamers athletes, but people who play recreationally arent. if you are saying that the League of Legends pro is an athlete, then you need to say the 300 pound mountain dew addict living in his moms basement is playing a sport and being athletic when he plays League all day in Bronze V. Why? You wouldn't say Trump is being athletic when he shirks his work and goes to play golf. There is a threshold to what you can say is being "athletic" which as an athlete in the modern sense, it's more about the competition than the athleticism despite the definition. A Bronze V is not playing League as an athlete or in an athletic sense in any way --- "Iwata was awesome" - Mr. Nintendo Click here to unlock the meaning of life! <cite>legendarylemur posted [p:894665349] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>a42ozslushie posted...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote><cite>a42ozslushie posted...</cite> <quote>No. The biggest difference i see is that even amateurs or people that play sports recreationally can be considered an athlete. When I wrestled in high school, I considered myself an athlete. When I went home and played Call of Duty with my friends after practice, I didn't consider myself an athlete in that particular instance. So that's the distinction I make. If you are going to say pro gamers are athletes, then you need to say that the people who only play recreationally are also athletes. And it's hard for me to call the 300 pound behemoth who drinks mountain dew, eats hot cheetos, and sits his ass down in front of a $1500 gaming PC all day an "athlete".</quote> Name one overweight esports athlete in League of Legends</quote> i dont watch anymore, but i can remember a few from when i did. scarra, qtpie, dyrus, cruzer, vileroze, aphromoo. anyway, thats not the point i was making. the point i was trying to make is that you can't say that pro gamers athletes, but people who play recreationally arent. if you are saying that the League of Legends pro is an athlete, then you need to say the 300 pound mountain dew addict living in his moms basement is playing a sport and being athletic when he plays League all day in Bronze V.</quote> Why? You wouldn't say Trump is being athletic when he shirks his work and goes to play golf. There is a threshold to what you can say is being "athletic" which as an athlete in the modern sense, it's more about the competition than the athleticism despite the definition. A Bronze V is not playing League as an athlete or in an athletic sense in any way</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a42ozslushie 01/23/18 7:55:49 PM #239:	legendarylemur posted... There is a threshold to what you can say is being "athletic" which as an athlete in the modern sense, it's more about the competition than the athleticism despite the definition. So basically you're just changing the definition of athlete so that you can be right? A Bronze V is not playing League as an athlete or in an athletic sense in any way Again, this is my point. I can say that 5 year olds who play T-Ball are playing a sport and being athletic, just like professionals in the MLB. what is it about video games that if you are playing recreationally it is not a sport, but when you play professionally it suddenly becomes a sport? --- \_o__/ <cite>a42ozslushie posted [p:894665787] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>legendarylemur posted...</cite> <quote>There is a threshold to what you can say is being "athletic" which as an athlete in the modern sense, it's more about the competition than the athleticism despite the definition.</quote> So basically you're just changing the definition of athlete so that you can be right? <quote>A Bronze V is not playing League as an athlete or in an athletic sense in any way</quote> Again, this is my point. I can say that 5 year olds who play T-Ball are playing a sport and being athletic, just like professionals in the MLB. what is it about video games that if you are playing recreationally it is not a sport, but when you play professionally it suddenly becomes a sport?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coca-Cola 01/23/18 7:56:45 PM #240:	Reads topic title HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA collapses from laughter, catches breath HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD --- Signature <cite>Coca-Cola posted [p:894665831] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>Reads topic title HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA collapses from laughter, catches breath HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
stone 01/23/18 7:58:51 PM #241:	Coca-Cola posted... Reads topic title HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA collapses from laughter, catches breath HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD That much laughter is probably more athletic than gaming :p --- PONG WAS REAL? I thought that was just a story parents told kids to scare them <cite>stone posted [p:894665963] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Coca-Cola posted...</cite> <quote>Reads topic title HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA collapses from laughter, catches breath HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD</quote> That much laughter is probably more athletic than gaming :p</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrPeppers 01/23/18 7:59:16 PM #242:	MrBobGray posted... MrPeppers posted... I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah. Even they do literally more than your professional gamer. Idk have you seen how fat and out of shape most bowlers and some golfers are? --- http://i.imgur.com/SGkkbF0.png <cite>MrPeppers posted [p:894665997] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote>I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah.</quote> Even they do literally more than your professional gamer.</quote> Idk have you seen how fat and out of shape most bowlers and some golfers are?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/23/18 8:00:52 PM #243:	MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... MrPeppers posted... I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah. Even they do literally more than your professional gamer. Idk have you seen how fat and out of shape most bowlers and some golfers are? Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894666092] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote>I mean if professional bowlers and golfers are considered athletes then yeah.</quote> Even they do literally more than your professional gamer.</quote> Idk have you seen how fat and out of shape most bowlers and some golfers are?</quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrPeppers 01/23/18 8:02:39 PM #244:	MrBobGray posted... Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape --- http://i.imgur.com/SGkkbF0.png <cite>MrPeppers posted [p:894666218] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/23/18 8:03:22 PM #245:	MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894666271] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape</quote> Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordFarquad1312 01/23/18 8:04:02 PM #246:	No, however most people in this topic are ignorant as to what is required to be a pro gamer. --- The force is my ally "If you are tired of fear from links... Let Kirby's Nightmare protect you." <cite>LordFarquad1312 posted [p:894666312] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>No, however most people in this topic are ignorant as to what is required to be a pro gamer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrPeppers 01/23/18 8:04:34 PM #247:	MrBobGray posted... MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post. Okay, it's a little more demanding than that. That's like saying bowling is just pushing a ball down a waxed floor. --- http://i.imgur.com/SGkkbF0.png <cite>MrPeppers posted [p:894666340] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape</quote> Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post.</quote> Okay, it's a little more demanding than that. That's like saying bowling is just pushing a ball down a waxed floor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 01/23/18 8:07:00 PM #248:	The concept of a commentator saying "look at these fine athletes enter the stage" while looking at a bunch of pale, scrawny and tubby pro gamers cracks me up. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:894666493] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote>The concept of a commentator saying "look at these fine athletes enter the stage" while looking at a bunch of pale, scrawny and tubby pro gamers cracks me up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/23/18 8:07:10 PM #249:	MrBobGray posted... MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DpVE-E2LM --- <cite>Garioshi posted [p:894666504] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape</quote> Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post.</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DpVE-E2LM</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/23/18 8:07:18 PM #250:	MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... MrPeppers posted... MrBobGray posted... Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison? Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post. Okay, it's a little more demanding than that. That's like saying bowling is just pushing a ball down a waxed floor. It at least requires you to stand up. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894666517] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrPeppers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> Have you seen how comically fat and out of shape gamers are in comparison?</quote> Well, if you can be fat and out of shape while still being an athlete, e.g. bowlers/golfers, then I don't see how you can exclude gamers for being fat and out of shape</quote> Not when the extent of your activity is the equivalent of me texting this post.</quote> Okay, it's a little more demanding than that. That's like saying bowling is just pushing a ball down a waxed floor.</quote> It at least requires you to stand up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kanaya413 01/23/18 8:08:24 PM #251:	Tupacrulez posted... Lolfuckno --- Official Secretary of Kyogre's Cascade!!! FC: 5086-1980-2580 IGN: Vivi TSV 4077 Silent Chexmix: "Toxapex is Trump's wall in pixel form." <cite>Kanaya413 posted [p:894666581] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tupacrulez posted...</cite> <quote>Lolfuckno</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrPeppers 01/23/18 8:08:33 PM #252:	MrBobGray posted... It at least requires you to stand up. Good point. I can't come back from that. It's decided then. --- http://i.imgur.com/SGkkbF0.png <cite>MrPeppers posted [p:894666592] in Are pro ga... [t:76233511]...</cite> <quote><cite>MrBobGray posted...</cite> <quote> It at least requires you to stand up.</quote> Good point. I can't come back from that. It's decided then.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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